BMEL: preliminary report of harvest 45.5 million tonnes - below average The Federal Ministry of agriculture and food (BMEL) is estimated using representative special crop discovery the German cereal harvest provisionally rd. 45.5 million tonnes. Last year, 4.8 million tonnes, the 6 - year average were harvested 46,66 million tonnes. Keep back the year's harvest significantly behind the average. With a share of more than 50% of total harvest comes the wheat harvest special meaning to. But in this case, the result of crop - 7.5% has fallen significantly weaker. The area under cultivation declined by 2%, but the average Flächenertrag is retarded by 5, 6% behind the previous year. The second largest fruit barley with a share of approximately 6.5% less 25% has delivered due to income - but the almost same area. The smaller grains such as rye, Triticale, oats & k-maize cut off with harvest results between-4.1 to 7.3% worse than in the previous year. The decisive factor for the remaining considerably lower than average harvest is the unfavorable weather during the revenue phase in May and June, as well as the harvest period of July and August. In large parts of Western and southern Germany, it was too wet and too cold, and there was too little precipitation in the Northeast. The often-covered skies reduced the intensity of solar radiation as a key factor in photosynthesis. There was however clear differences in the individual federal States. The harvest result remained positive with substantial growth rates of nearly 9% and 11% in Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia . The weakest result was achieved in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - 25.4% . The insufficient rainfall during the revenue phase were decisive in addition to low Dewinterizing damage. Weak results in the two-digit amount detected in Schleswig-Holstein, North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate . Too much rain with thunderstorms often pushed the grain in the warehouse. Phytosanitary measures were partially entirely or no longer came at the right time. The BMEL refers to the temporary nature of the report . The later harvests end of August and the still upcoming corn crop were obtained only with average estimates. There are certainly still possible changes to be expected in these two areas. The BMEL estimate is about 2 million tons on the estimate of the German farmers Association (DBV). The forecast of the German Raiffeisen Federation is almost identical to the BMEL estimate with minor variations. Differences are on different estimation methods with different performance of caused by.
